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Model of a medieval crossbowman using a pavise shield. It is decorated with Bartolomeo Vivarini's St. Martin and the Beggar.. A pavise (or pavis, pabys, or pavesen) was an oblong shield used during the mid-14th to early 16th centuries.
Pages in category "Medieval shields" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Buckler; E. Enarmes; G.
Targe (from Old Franconian targa 'shield', Proto-Germanic *targo 'border') was a general word for shield in late Old English. [citation needed] Its diminutive, target, came to mean an object to be aimed at in the 18th century. [citation needed] The term refers to various types of shields used by infantry troops from the 13th to 16th centuries ...
The main armament of the Genoese crossbowmen was the crossbow, made in Genoa by the Balistrai Corporation. As well, the mercenaries were equipped with a dagger, a light metal helmet, a gorget, a hauberk and a large shield, called a pavese , which was used while reloading the crossbow. The usual team consisted of a crossbowman and two assistants ...
The heater shield or heater-shaped shield is a form of European medieval shield, developing from the early medieval kite shield in the late 12th century in response to the declining importance of the shield in combat thanks to improvements in leg armour.
A buckler is a very small round shield popular in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance. Scandinavian seafaring warriors of the early medieval period used wooden round shields with centergrips. Taming, a round shield from the Philippines. Targe typically referred to a round shield. The dhal was a round shield in India. The Romans used the ...
An example of a late medieval roll of arms. College of Arms, London. Roll of arms of the knights of the Golden Fleece. Made in the first half of the 16th century. [1] A roll of arms (or armorial) is a collection of coats of arms, usually consisting of rows of painted pictures of shields, each shield accompanied by the name of the person bearing ...
Medieval shields (10 P) Mythological shields (7 P) R. Roman shields (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Shields" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.